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{{Large|And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds}}<br /> | {{Large|And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds}}<br /> | ||
By: [[w:Constantine P. Cavafy|C. P. Cavafy]] | By: [[w:Constantine P. Cavafy|C. P. Cavafy]] | ||
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with some decorum, the accepted modes of love. | with some decorum, the accepted modes of love. | ||
I went into the secret rooms | I went into the secret rooms | ||
and lounged and lay on their beds. | and lounged and lay on their beds. {{ln|5}} | ||
I went into the secret rooms | I went into the secret rooms | ||
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But not shameful to me — because if they were, | But not shameful to me — because if they were, | ||
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be? | what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be? | ||
I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping, | I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping, {{ln|10}} | ||
much more in keeping with my poetry, | much more in keeping with my poetry, | ||
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms. | than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms. | ||
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Revision as of 18:17, 14 January 2020
And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds
By: C. P. CavafyWhen I went to that house of pleasure
I didn’t stay in the front rooms where they celebrate,
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love.
I went into the secret rooms
and lounged and lay on their beds. 5
I went into the secret rooms
considered shameful even to name.
But not shameful to me — because if they were,
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be?
I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping, 10
much more in keeping with my poetry,
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms.
